A vacuum tube is just that: a glass tube surrounding a vacuum (an area from which all gases have been removed). What makes it interesting is that when electrical contacts are put on the ends ...

Definitely not in the meme category, though, is this overkill vacuum tube 555 timer. It comes to us via [David Lovett], aka [Usagi Electric], who has lately caught the “hollow state ...

Lee De Forest invented the audion, a vacuum tube device that could take a weak electrical signal and amplify it into a larger one. The audion helped AT&T set up coast-to-coast phone service ...

The history of vacuum tubes in synthesizers goes all the way back to 1939: the Hammond Novachord, one of the first polyphonic synths ever commercially manufactured, relied on an array of 163 ...

The team over at Waves must be feeling particularly generous this week, as the software developer announces that it's ...

The VirtuPVT system, conceived for rooftop applications, includes an absorber plate, monocrystalline PERC solar cells, a borosilicate vacuum tube, an integrated reflector, and an integrated ...

The Bendix G-15, a vacuum tube computer originally released in 1956, is now booting, and running code from paper tape. [David, aka Usagi] received the G-15 about a year ago from The System Source ...

Following are the different types of vacuum tubes and the elements used to control the flow of current. See vacuum tube. ----- VACUUM TUBES -----Triode Pentode Elements Diode Tetrode Cathode X X ...